The Mountain Goats – Spent Gladiator 2 chords

[Intro]
Am G Am G
Am G Am G

[Verse 1]
Am                     GLike a spent gladiator
Am                             GCrawling in the Colosseum dust
Am                                   GWho can count on his remaining limbs
AmAll the people he can trust
Am                                  GLike the one who stands behind him
Am               GCheering him on
Am                              GEcstatic when he stands defiant
AmWild with abandon when he's gone

[Chorus]
            FJust stay alive
Am                     GKeep your eyes on the pay line

Am Am

[Verse 2]
Am                            GLike a village on the steppe
Am                          GAbout to get collectivized
Am                                                GWhen the men emerge with rifles from the haystack
AmEverybody looks surprised
Am                                    GLike the mice in the forgotten grain
Am                       GWay up on the top shelf
Am                                                 GLike someone who's found a small town to escape to
AmKeeps one eye on his abandoned, former self

[Chorus 2]
             FStay in the game
Am                            GJust try to play through the pain
          F                                  Am              GLike a fighter who's been told it's finally time for him to quit
     FShow up in shining colours
          Am                 GAnd then stand there and get hit

F F Am Am

[Verse 3]
Am                                    GLike the clock that ticks in Dresden
Am                                    GWhen the whole town's been destroyed
Am                                 GLike the nagging flash of insight
AmYou're always desperate to avoid
Am                               GLike the bloody-knuckled gunman
Am                             GStill stationed at the breach
Am                                     GLike that board game with the sliders
AmAnd the children on the beach

[Chorus]
      FStay alive
Am                        GMaybe spit blood at the camera
           AmJust stay alive
Am             GStay forever alive

[Outro]
Am Am Am Am